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are a lot of people looking for you back in the united states. yufr son. >> how are you? >> i'm all right. >> yes? >> i'm all right. >> this is how we found you. this is picture. this is you. >> reporter: word got out that we were looking for him and the minute he found us, he threw his arms around me and he said, thank you for finding me. i got my producer and we got this man on the phone with his son and it was just -- for us it was a beautiful moment and i think it was obviously a very happy moment for them. >> okay. i'm fine. everything will be okay, okay? >> what was it like to finally hear your son's voice? what was that like for you? >> nice? >> very nice. very nice. and a grateful and relieved son. >> i speak to him now again and it's hard to explain the emotions. i was extremely happy. >> and out of all of this mistery and destruction, to be able to do that for this one family, i think for me was my most memorable moment. >> in some cases, piles of bodies, passing the bodies by, looking sad for lauren and watching small children with parents smiling as they cross
are a lot of people looking for you back in the united states. yufr son. >> how are you? >> i'm all right. >> yes? >> i'm all right. >> this is how we found you. this is picture. this is you. >> reporter: word got out that we were looking for him and the minute he found us, he threw his arms around me and he said, thank you for finding me. i got my producer and we got this man on the phone with his son and it was just -- for us it was a beautiful moment and i...
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that was an effort of a person sent here to commit military act against the united states. the polls were overwhelming, rasmussen was 72% wanting him tried in military court can, on top of what happened in new york, with khalid sheikh mohammed in new york. i don't know. the mixed signals are here are bothering the american people. >> it's not exactly easing the terrorist threat. >> no. the problem what we're learning is that being nice to them is not working. >> neil: patrick, good to see you. pat caddell. revenge of the nerds washington style. the washington director on a roll with the ladies. is that a geek game changer? the most famous nerd ever lewis from "revenge of the nerds" is best. guess what else? plus-size model is turning heads here and everywhere. @' >>> people just you just like you're in high school. >> ogre! ogre! >> nerds! nerds! >> ogre, ogre! >> where are they? >> i think they're talking about us. >>> no way! >> neil: it's me. i was so intrigued by this story. are the nerds finally getting their revenge? white house budget director peter orszag has all of
that was an effort of a person sent here to commit military act against the united states. the polls were overwhelming, rasmussen was 72% wanting him tried in military court can, on top of what happened in new york, with khalid sheikh mohammed in new york. i don't know. the mixed signals are here are bothering the american people. >> it's not exactly easing the terrorist threat. >> no. the problem what we're learning is that being nice to them is not working. >> neil: patrick,...
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there are a lot of people back in the united states who are looking for you. your son. >> okay. >> how are you? how are you doing? >> i'm all right. i'm all right. this is how we found you. this is picture. this is you. >> yeah, that's me. and word had gotten out in the neighborhood and word had gotten to him. his name is john cerie, and word had gotten to him that we were looking for him. the minute he found us, he walked up to me and threw his arms around me and hugged me and said thank you. thank you, thank you so very much for finding me. and we had a satellite phone and i got my producer. we got this man on the phone with his son and it was just, for us, it was a beautiful moment. and i think it was, obviously, a very happy moment for them. >> okay. i'm fine. i'm fine. everything okay with me, okay? >> what was it like to finally hear your son's voice? how was that for you, nice? >> oh, very nice. very nice for me. he's my last son. >> more than 1,000 miles away, a grateful and relieved son. >> almost like a dream that, you know, we heard from him. to spe
there are a lot of people back in the united states who are looking for you. your son. >> okay. >> how are you? how are you doing? >> i'm all right. i'm all right. this is how we found you. this is picture. this is you. >> yeah, that's me. and word had gotten out in the neighborhood and word had gotten to him. his name is john cerie, and word had gotten to him that we were looking for him. the minute he found us, he walked up to me and threw his arms around me and hugged...
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north africa is a little smaller than the whole united states. this is a big area and there are al qaeda cells springing up in new places. so what do you do about that? >>larry: hoping to do what? >> hoping to, you know, somehow eliminate them, degrade them and defeat them. you know, a giant task. i'm glad it's not mine. >>larry: do you fear them going to do other things in the united states? forget planes, how about shopping centers? ball games? >> exactly. we've talked about this, that you become generals fighting the last war. we're all worried about airline security. you go through an intense scrutiny getting on an airplane, but go on a train or go to a power plant or go to a mall where there are many more people than are on one of these aircraft, and something could happen. now, you can't get on a train in yemen and make it to the united states, so that's a problem for al qaeda, but this is the great question. you can ask the expert. there have been al qaeda cells or al qaeda affiliated individuals in this country operating. >>larry: and wat
north africa is a little smaller than the whole united states. this is a big area and there are al qaeda cells springing up in new places. so what do you do about that? >>larry: hoping to do what? >> hoping to, you know, somehow eliminate them, degrade them and defeat them. you know, a giant task. i'm glad it's not mine. >>larry: do you fear them going to do other things in the united states? forget planes, how about shopping centers? ball games? >> exactly. we've talked...
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states and that this incident isn't going to impact that relationship. according to one analyst we talked to here who is very familiar with the way these intelligence agencies work, what this is going to mean is because this double agent double crossed the cia and bombed against them, rather than informing on al qaeda, this is going to need a re-evaluation of all those types of agents who are in afghanistan working on al qaeda, which essentially means that for the cia and jordanian intelligence and all those other agencies, it is going to slow down the hunt for osama bin laden. it is going to take time to go back and check the spies. >> nic robertson, thank you. >>> the republican on the house homeland security committee is blasting the obama administration's handling of terror suspects. from the planned closing of guantanamo bay to the decision to try, new york congressman, peter king, says the u.s. is sending the wrong signal. >> one of the first things we need to do is pass the keep terrorists out of america act, a common sense bill republicans have p
states and that this incident isn't going to impact that relationship. according to one analyst we talked to here who is very familiar with the way these intelligence agencies work, what this is going to mean is because this double agent double crossed the cia and bombed against them, rather than informing on al qaeda, this is going to need a re-evaluation of all those types of agents who are in afghanistan working on al qaeda, which essentially means that for the cia and jordanian intelligence...
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>> cnn now projects, larry, that scott brown will become the next united states senator in the state of massachusetts did efeag martha coakley. 53% for scott brown, 46% for martha coakley. he has maintained a 100,000-vote advantage. we're also told by our chief national correspondent john king that martha coakley has already telephoned scott brown to concede his knowledge he has now won this race. so there will be a republican filling the seat of the late ted kennedy in the state of massachusetts. larry, this is big news because at stake right now, health care reform and a lot of other stuff. the democrats will no longer have the 60-seat supermajority that can beat a filibuster if they want a filibuster, so this is very significant for the democrats and republicans on so many issues. >> larry: john king is at brown headquarters. the last republican was senator ed brook, the black liberal republican, was tit not, in '78? '68, maybe. >> you're exactly right, larry, ed brook filled two terms. he left the united states senate in 1979, and since then massachusetts has not sent a republica
>> cnn now projects, larry, that scott brown will become the next united states senator in the state of massachusetts did efeag martha coakley. 53% for scott brown, 46% for martha coakley. he has maintained a 100,000-vote advantage. we're also told by our chief national correspondent john king that martha coakley has already telephoned scott brown to concede his knowledge he has now won this race. so there will be a republican filling the seat of the late ted kennedy in the state of...
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. >> the president said he would provide access to more agencies involving threats to the united states. >>> the suicide bomber who killed seven cia agents in afghanistan. he was a double agent and found how he was able to slip through security. >> this is a doctor who slipped through security. he was providing for important information on high-level targets. >> the double ought was brought on to the base without being given a polygraph test, a basic tool. he provided bona fide information including the location of al qaeda leaders killed by drone strikes. u.s. officials say there were questions about his reliability. he had been to the base a half a dozen times and because of the information he claimed he had the cia officer told the local guards not to search him as he went past three layers of security. >> some 13 cia officers and the company formerly known as blackwater had gathered to hear his report when the bomb went off. >> american and jordanian officials believed the bomber had been rehabilitated. they hoped he would lead them to the top lieutenant of osama bin laden. >>> a bi
. >> the president said he would provide access to more agencies involving threats to the united states. >>> the suicide bomber who killed seven cia agents in afghanistan. he was a double agent and found how he was able to slip through security. >> this is a doctor who slipped through security. he was providing for important information on high-level targets. >> the double ought was brought on to the base without being given a polygraph test, a basic tool. he provided...
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states and the west. the u.s. government today closes the embassy in yemen's capital, citing security threats and the continued possibility of terrorist violence. britain has shut down its embassy as well. president obama's assistant for homeland security and counter role explained the situation on cnn's "state of the union." >> i spoke with our ambassador in yemen both this morning as well as last night there and are indications that al qaeda is planning to carry out on attack against a target inside of sanaa, possibly our baechls and what we do is to take every measure possible to ensure the safety of our diplomats and citizens abroad. so the decision was made to close the embassy. we are working very closely with the yemeni government on taking the proper security precautions. >> as we have been reporting, u.s. cent com commander general david petraeus informs yemen yesterday for talks with that country's president. the u.s. embassy is in the capital of sanaa and the ambassador is steven secky, a caree
states and the west. the u.s. government today closes the embassy in yemen's capital, citing security threats and the continued possibility of terrorist violence. britain has shut down its embassy as well. president obama's assistant for homeland security and counter role explained the situation on cnn's "state of the union." >> i spoke with our ambassador in yemen both this morning as well as last night there and are indications that al qaeda is planning to carry out on attack...
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again f the flight gets off the grown, it looks like the babies that are adopted in the united states will be heading home, hopefully very soon. >> larry: i understand the plane was donated by -- do you know who donated the plane that is going to take you back? >> jill might know that. >>ky talk to that. >> larry: who donated the plane? >> there is a couple really key happens today that is happening real time. that is one of them. we had a sponsorship for the charter flight and this actually this entire -- what we are calling a reunification mission on behalf of god's littlest angels and that was messengerinternational.org it is a nonprofit organization based out of colorado springs. it was an incredible, incredible day to have that sponsorship. >> larry: and now when do you expect joe to come in with your new little son? >> well, you know, larry, we are hoping that this is going to happen in the next couple of days. there are so many balls up in the air and things change every ten minutes, we have some new information. i think the biggest thing today that we have been working on is t
again f the flight gets off the grown, it looks like the babies that are adopted in the united states will be heading home, hopefully very soon. >> larry: i understand the plane was donated by -- do you know who donated the plane that is going to take you back? >> jill might know that. >>ky talk to that. >> larry: who donated the plane? >> there is a couple really key happens today that is happening real time. that is one of them. we had a sponsorship for the...
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well, this is one of the few playerses in the -- places in the united states that had enough sheep to accommodate and enciewrns record this have size. shearing for 24 hours in the heat takes a certain amount of mental and physical preparation. >> we've got to try to figure out at the beginning what kind of pace we're going to have so we can last at whatever we do. >> i look at it as three days ofshearing. i do it all the time. my equipment works. why do something different to that. physically, well, what are you going to do for that? i mean, it's the way it is. i've sheared in this barn for five years. i know it's going to be hot. probably i think -- you know, to answer your question, mental. i've never once doubted not doing it. never once. just keep driving that in there. >> reporter: the shearers kept a steady pace for the entire 24 hours. they had been shearing sheep for years and have a good pattern. >> in reality, none of this works unless legs aren't in the right position, sheep is not in the right position, equipment is not sharp. what you want to do is stretch out their skin
well, this is one of the few playerses in the -- places in the united states that had enough sheep to accommodate and enciewrns record this have size. shearing for 24 hours in the heat takes a certain amount of mental and physical preparation. >> we've got to try to figure out at the beginning what kind of pace we're going to have so we can last at whatever we do. >> i look at it as three days ofshearing. i do it all the time. my equipment works. why do something different to that....
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[cheers] >> the next vice-president of the united states, governor sarah palin! >> according to a recent u.s.a. today gallup pole, hillary clinton and sarah palin just about tide as the most admired american woman, president obama most admired man. mark, biggest political story in the decade? >> biggest political story in the decade is the united states losing our optimism and our confidence. i mean, we went into this decade with the biggest surplus in the nation's history. we'll come out of it with the biggest deficit in the nation's history. we went into it upbeat, we go out of it bogged down in two wars and being urged into a third by some people. you know, it's been been a decade that can't be over quick enough. >> biggest political bonehead play of the decade? anybody have a nominee? >> yes, i do. and it's not a funny one. it's the invasion of iraq. that is a mistake that will haunt us for a long time. it cost us a lot of blood and treasury. and ends up with a country that we say is democratic and -- this is a country now where christians are being persecute
[cheers] >> the next vice-president of the united states, governor sarah palin! >> according to a recent u.s.a. today gallup pole, hillary clinton and sarah palin just about tide as the most admired american woman, president obama most admired man. mark, biggest political story in the decade? >> biggest political story in the decade is the united states losing our optimism and our confidence. i mean, we went into this decade with the biggest surplus in the nation's history....
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states. every single passenger of from 14 terrorism prone countries will be subject to additional screening, including being patted down and having their carry-on items searched. while the full list of countries was not released, political -- "politico reports several that are on the list. >> i do not think it will help. i think it does not increase or maximize security. it is just a panic reaction. >> it is fine with me. >> there are also reports that other countries on the list of those 14 nations include yemen, pakistan, nigeria, saudi arabia, iraq, algeria, and 11 on. one tsa official describes it as a significant step forward. one other thing included in the new mandates, they continue to leave the one hour rule where you may or may not have to have things put away and stay in your seats. they are leaving that up to the captain of the flight. all of these go into effect at midnight. >> in the meantime, u.s. and british officials have closed their embassies in yemen. there are indications
states. every single passenger of from 14 terrorism prone countries will be subject to additional screening, including being patted down and having their carry-on items searched. while the full list of countries was not released, political -- "politico reports several that are on the list. >> i do not think it will help. i think it does not increase or maximize security. it is just a panic reaction. >> it is fine with me. >> there are also reports that other countries on...
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can the united states or aviation agencies compel them to up their security orç is there an aspect of voluntary compliance here? >> well, look, i think there's a recognition acrossw3 the board that this is a threat we want to confront collectively. we know that we want to work together. obviously international travelç is something that by its nature is going to require a partnership and cooperation. frankly we know that al qaedaç is looking for new opportunities to target us and our allies and our friends. frankly you have a movement here that's killed more muslims than frankly people of any other faith. we're going to have to draw on( and south and central america and asia but also our friends in the muslim world including in north africaç, in the middle east and in south asia. we believe that we don't really need to compel ourç friends to cooperate with us because i think we uniformly recognize that this is a shared threat. >> suarez: the president took the opportunity to both assert that he'll stay on track with closing the guantanamo bay prison and at the same time said th
can the united states or aviation agencies compel them to up their security orç is there an aspect of voluntary compliance here? >> well, look, i think there's a recognition acrossw3 the board that this is a threat we want to confront collectively. we know that we want to work together. obviously international travelç is something that by its nature is going to require a partnership and cooperation. frankly we know that al qaedaç is looking for new opportunities to target us and our...
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they are finding the best professor in the united states. they are going to put us out of business too. they interview them. and audition them, and then they put these things on dvd and mp3, these guys are fantastic. i watched this guy, there's a guy at the university of texas that does calculus. i bought it because i hoped my daughter would watch it. but she wouldn't. i watched it. this guy is great. there's another guy that does a fantastic, like a modern day mr. wizard doing physics, introductory physics. it strikes me. again, this is -- i don't have evidence on this. it just seems to me at least in the area of stem to address these problems through these kinds of technology models, augmentation and distant learning is just untapped. and at least superficially seemed to be a strategy that could be more cost effective than this, you know, just endless expansion of the k-12 payrolls in this area. so i'll stop there. >> thank you, mike. it isn't just stem. i learned more about classical music from the teaching company than i ever did from sc
they are finding the best professor in the united states. they are going to put us out of business too. they interview them. and audition them, and then they put these things on dvd and mp3, these guys are fantastic. i watched this guy, there's a guy at the university of texas that does calculus. i bought it because i hoped my daughter would watch it. but she wouldn't. i watched it. this guy is great. there's another guy that does a fantastic, like a modern day mr. wizard doing physics,...
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it will probably be administered throughout the united states. by, we are not sure who. we will probably contract with somebody and then the continuing education we think different groups throughout the united states can come in and show us here is the course we are teaching. is that it could and of course? we will probably put of standards and we want you to cover this issue, this is to come of this issue and then you can go in your own community are on state and get the continuing education. the irs runs seminars run the country where prepares go to get their education so i think there will be a lot of different ways to meet those requirements. we need a lot of flexibility there. again the goal is to make sure taxpayers know the person they are going to do is preparing their turn, they are prepared to-- pate to prepare their return has a minimal number of competency zen has kept up on the loss of that is what we are trying to achieve. >> host: marie on the democrats line. >> caller: i do h&r block for my taxes. i worked at walmart and i don't have a clue on how to do t
it will probably be administered throughout the united states. by, we are not sure who. we will probably contract with somebody and then the continuing education we think different groups throughout the united states can come in and show us here is the course we are teaching. is that it could and of course? we will probably put of standards and we want you to cover this issue, this is to come of this issue and then you can go in your own community are on state and get the continuing education....
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number one is we need to recognize people coming into the united states and troubling to the united states from overseas this is a privilege, not a right so if we get information that people may pose a threat to the united states we put them on a no-fly less or selector list and if they want to come here they've got to go more in-depth interviews. the second thing if they come here and commit a crime absolutely the terrorism act. charge them to the full extent but put them through a military tribunal. take them out of the civilian court. they do not deserve the rights and privileges that the civilian court system provides. the third thing, and this is i think an important point that you make as for americans to become traders, the spokesperson for bin laden who's an american, the d.c. five who left the u.s. sometime i think in november and went over to pakistan to practice jihad, these individuals need to be treated as the traders that they are and we have to accelerate and removed the barriers to dealing with these individuals and in the fourth point the recommendation made to the preside
number one is we need to recognize people coming into the united states and troubling to the united states from overseas this is a privilege, not a right so if we get information that people may pose a threat to the united states we put them on a no-fly less or selector list and if they want to come here they've got to go more in-depth interviews. the second thing if they come here and commit a crime absolutely the terrorism act. charge them to the full extent but put them through a military...
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states senat so very murky . >> warr: why? explain more, though. in the senate you've hea even republicans excoriating the g banks anthe big financial initutions for the bailouts. >> right. but there is two reasons, th firsis that the tax is a tax and the republics generally oppose taxes on corporations they view it aan impediment to economic activitand we've alrey heard that view expressed toy. sendly, again, it's a very closely divid congress, that is complicated proposal anin recent months we've seen complicated oposals don't do ll in congress. >> warner: that's certainly true. binyamin aelbaum, thanks so much. >> my >>ehrer: again, the major devepments velopments of the day. haiti was a scene of mnting deeration. unknown numbers of peoplwere still trapped in earthquake henewshour" is always line. hari sreenivasan, in our newsroom, previewshat's there. ha? >> sreenivan: we talk to a doctor in haiti about the challeng of taking care of all of the wounded. also, a look athe health risks haitians fe in the aftermath of the ear
states senat so very murky . >> warr: why? explain more, though. in the senate you've hea even republicans excoriating the g banks anthe big financial initutions for the bailouts. >> right. but there is two reasons, th firsis that the tax is a tax and the republics generally oppose taxes on corporations they view it aan impediment to economic activitand we've alrey heard that view expressed toy. sendly, again, it's a very closely divid congress, that is complicated proposal anin...
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keep in mind, look at the united states, haitian americans are approximately 1% of our african american population, 11% of our doctors. we've got haitian americans who are dieing to go down there and invest and build a future. the third thing is the neighbors of haiti care more than ever before. when i restored president aristide 15 years ago in 1995, argentina was about the only neighbor that really cared at the time. now when we had an investment conference there, there were more people there from latin america and the caribbean and from the u.s., canada, france, all of europe and all of asia combined. they care. and finally, we have the inter-american development bank, the world bank, and the whole u.n. system totally committed to this and, again, i can't say enough for the commitment that president obama has made. and, you know, hillary canceled her trip to asia to come back and work on this. we've loved haiti for 35 years now. she's... she's distraught about it, but committed and on the job, staying there all weekend to work. the a.i.d. director, mr. shaw, is doing a good job e. we
keep in mind, look at the united states, haitian americans are approximately 1% of our african american population, 11% of our doctors. we've got haitian americans who are dieing to go down there and invest and build a future. the third thing is the neighbors of haiti care more than ever before. when i restored president aristide 15 years ago in 1995, argentina was about the only neighbor that really cared at the time. now when we had an investment conference there, there were more people there...
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the united states on the one hand, the good news if the united states had the political will to actually make a statement and a stand on gaza it could. the bad news is it's hard to see how there is going to be a positive constructive peace process moving forward if gaza isn't part and parcel of that. >> what is the view from israel i think the donner and stiff narrative remains one of as jim wolfensohn discussed earlier israel left in 2005. there was the continuation of the rocket attacks. where is the love, where is diprete lummis for withdraw? the fact that most of the international community is not recognized in the occupation because it always continues to control the sea, the air, the border exit's of course the egyptian one, the conditions of that withdrawal is unilateralism, nothing but entrenchment in parallel on the west bank, the immediate imposition of a blockade to the non-implementation of faxes and movement agreement doesn't really factor into the equation. what i would argue in terms of how this affects israel is if you take everything we just heard and then reflect back o
the united states on the one hand, the good news if the united states had the political will to actually make a statement and a stand on gaza it could. the bad news is it's hard to see how there is going to be a positive constructive peace process moving forward if gaza isn't part and parcel of that. >> what is the view from israel i think the donner and stiff narrative remains one of as jim wolfensohn discussed earlier israel left in 2005. there was the continuation of the rocket...
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what can the united states to? we of a democratic president, lots of people are incredibly excited about him. his least policies look very familiar to the last regime. so is the united states -- what can the united states do about questions of governance in the least because there's a tremendous amount of wealth in the middle east. there's a tremendous amount of private capital in the middle east. what can we do so that our president takes a lead not only fees of the israel and egypt but also some of the large economic paradigms' that are not working so well here recently, and we have a situation in the middle east where young people are not a bomb, young people or not this is unlikely to become extremists, our concern about this is not just about young people becoming terrorists and i think it's important there are fundamental issues we have to talk about and not talk about our interest in that question just because this notion of suicide bombers. >> can i make a comment? this generation and waiting i read a chapt
what can the united states to? we of a democratic president, lots of people are incredibly excited about him. his least policies look very familiar to the last regime. so is the united states -- what can the united states do about questions of governance in the least because there's a tremendous amount of wealth in the middle east. there's a tremendous amount of private capital in the middle east. what can we do so that our president takes a lead not only fees of the israel and egypt but also...
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the united states will do its share, but the rest of the world must do its best also. other nations must not forget about haiti once the attention on the crisis has subsided and leave the u.s., as has been often the case, to bear most of the responsibility for the recovery of haiti. i would like an additional minute. mr. herger: i yield an additional minute. ms. ros-lehtinen: thank you. madam speaker, we have all been deeply moved by the outpouring of support that we have seen from communities across the united states. unsurprisingly the haitian american community has shown invaluable leadership in the aftermath of last week's tragic earthquake. now more than ever the u.s. must focus our efforts on engaging these communities to make sure that they are involved in the rebuilding of their native homeland. the haitian diaspora is a valuable resource that must be tapped to ensure that stability, freedom, success, and prosperity that the haitian people deserve finally come to true. i would like to thank chairman rangel and ranking member camp for introducing this important
the united states will do its share, but the rest of the world must do its best also. other nations must not forget about haiti once the attention on the crisis has subsided and leave the u.s., as has been often the case, to bear most of the responsibility for the recovery of haiti. i would like an additional minute. mr. herger: i yield an additional minute. ms. ros-lehtinen: thank you. madam speaker, we have all been deeply moved by the outpouring of support that we have seen from communities...
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>> i was a civil affairs officer for 23 years and lieutenant colonel in the united states military. doing this sort of work myself in uniform. so i participated in the reconstruction of kuwait after the first gulf war as executive officer of the unit. so the military, the officers at the working level, they all cooperate. none of them complain. i think they have a sense of accomplishment in this. >> lehrer: did you feel any frustration on the piece of tape where the u.s. navy officer at the airport was asked by the reporter from i.t.n., hey, you've got all these supplies. there's a hospital down across the road and you can't get those supplies to them. why not? he said, i'm sorry. somebody else is is deciding all of that. >> there is a system for deciding that. it's called the incident response system. u.s.a.i.d. has used it for 30 years. the u.s. military uses it. that system has been set up. it will function but it takes a few days for all that system to be put in place. >> lehrer: has that been explained well to people? i mean i'm talking about american people as well as the hait
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, to defeat the united states. and that was their goal, as they have assessed how they have done. i think they would see their own track record as a mixed bag. they achieved some things but at a tremendous price in their terms. their movement is falterring in some respects. and i will not give, it's not the place to give a detailed assessment. but those are some key elements of their thinking. but they are thinking globally, when bin laden talked in 2007 and promised to attack the united states again. he oddly i thought referred to the need to counter global participation, that we are encountering the world. and he asserted that the major corporation had killed president kennedy. rather striking probes from an islammist. but he was appealing to the american people in that way. host: what does the attack on christmas day tell you about both the power of al-qaeda and america's ability to respond to those attacks? guest: i think on one hand those attacks will be extremely difficult to stop. not to say that we should h
, to defeat the united states. and that was their goal, as they have assessed how they have done. i think they would see their own track record as a mixed bag. they achieved some things but at a tremendous price in their terms. their movement is falterring in some respects. and i will not give, it's not the place to give a detailed assessment. but those are some key elements of their thinking. but they are thinking globally, when bin laden talked in 2007 and promised to attack the united states...
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take a live look as we zoom in on the united states capitol this morning. it is very cold. 24 degrees on this very first monday of january 2010, the first monday of the brand new year, a brand new decade. good morning to you. welcome to "news4 today." i'm joe krebs. >> i'm eun yang. we want to start off with a look at weather and traffic. tom kierein joins us now. the winds yesterday were painful. >> you needed to stay inside. there's a risk of frostbite with this kind of scenario we got going again. look at these temperatures down in the low to mid-20s. 24 in washington. these are the wind chills. down to the single digits in many locations. feels like around 10 degrees with that wind which is thankfully diminished a bit from yesterday. in fact we had gusts near 40 miles per hour yesterday. the peak gusts at real estate began national were 40 miles per hour. the gusts now are at 25 to 30. we might have a few passing flurries here today. few clouds racing through. blustery. highs near freezing. more of the same tomorrow. bit warmer by mid-week. light snow l
take a live look as we zoom in on the united states capitol this morning. it is very cold. 24 degrees on this very first monday of january 2010, the first monday of the brand new year, a brand new decade. good morning to you. welcome to "news4 today." i'm joe krebs. >> i'm eun yang. we want to start off with a look at weather and traffic. tom kierein joins us now. the winds yesterday were painful. >> you needed to stay inside. there's a risk of frostbite with this kind of...
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we currently have 40 machine deployed throughout the united states. this year, we're already scheduled to deploy 300 more. we may deploy more than that. the gsa does not conduct screenings overseas. the christmas day incident underscored the screening procedures at foreign airports are to encourage foreign authorities to utilize the same enhanced technologies for aviation security. there were passengers from 17 countries aboard flight 253. this is an international issue, not just one about the united states. we have to strengthen the present incapacity of aviation law enforcement on top of the measures we have already taken. this includes increasing the number of federal air marshals. we will begin by deploying law enforcement officers to help fill this important role. working with the secretary of state, we need to strengthen international security measures and standards for aviation security. security measures abroad affect our security here at home. the deputy secretary of dhs and other top officials have been on a multi country, multi consonant mi
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in the united states are higher than anywhere else in the world. it is genuinely clean diesel that you experience when you buy a diesel car the united states. it is a standard that will be adopted in europe in about five years' time. host: as you attend the washington auto show, you mentioned you want to hear more about the government's message beyond 20 -- 2016 when the new fuel standards will take effect. have you talked to members of congress? what other areas are you interested in? guest: the big issue is what will be the technology that will win? . i don't think you should favor any particular technology. you should examine them all. we want to see what the consumer wants and what the marketplace is there are too many people trying to hang their hat on electric cars, for example, or a hybrid, or diesel, or the combustion engine. item which be willing to review things. the way technology is moving today, who knows what will happen in three or four years' time? host: we hear from groton, connecticut, on the independent line. caller: what has tak
in the united states are higher than anywhere else in the world. it is genuinely clean diesel that you experience when you buy a diesel car the united states. it is a standard that will be adopted in europe in about five years' time. host: as you attend the washington auto show, you mentioned you want to hear more about the government's message beyond 20 -- 2016 when the new fuel standards will take effect. have you talked to members of congress? what other areas are you interested in? guest:...
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croix, united states virgin islands, and for other purposes. and for consideration of the bill h.r. 4474, to authorize the continued use of search and water diversion located on national forest system land in the frank church river of no return wilderness and the sellway bitterroot wil wildernen the state of idaho and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: referred to the house calendar and ordered precipitationed. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, proceedings will resume on the motions to suspend the rules previously postponed. voteslike taken in the following order -- votes will be takened in to thing order. house resolution 990 by the yeas and nays. house resolution 1011 by the yeas and nays. and house resolution 1003 by the yeas and nays. proceedings on the house resolutions 1024 will resume later this week. first electronic vote will be conducted as a 15-minute vote. the remaining electronic votes will be conducted as five-minute votes. the unfinished business is the vote of the motion of the gentlewoman from california, ms. woolsey,
croix, united states virgin islands, and for other purposes. and for consideration of the bill h.r. 4474, to authorize the continued use of search and water diversion located on national forest system land in the frank church river of no return wilderness and the sellway bitterroot wil wildernen the state of idaho and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: referred to the house calendar and ordered precipitationed. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, proceedings will resume on the motions to...
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ntsb has new security moras for the international flights bound for the united states. starting today, travelers flying from or going through nations regarded as state sponsors of terrorism terrorism will be required to o through enhanced strening and could up imlewd carryon searches. cuba iraqi, sudan, and others are listed as the national sponsors of terrorism. other passengers will be check at random. new safety officials as the obama administration brokes the preach that allowed a an attack on christmas day. indiligence agencies ultimately are said to have failed to connecthe so the. issues. >> there was no folk smoking guns what soar. it was the failure to integrate and myself piece together the bits and pieces of the service. the u.s. faces a chai jr. challenge. we need to act on those aguessivhawaii will. >> sac tan announced it will implement the tougher screening as well. that was just a few days ago for the flyers headed into the u.s. in the meantime, president obama will meet with the counterterrorism official there is. >> terminal c home of continental airli
ntsb has new security moras for the international flights bound for the united states. starting today, travelers flying from or going through nations regarded as state sponsors of terrorism terrorism will be required to o through enhanced strening and could up imlewd carryon searches. cuba iraqi, sudan, and others are listed as the national sponsors of terrorism. other passengers will be check at random. new safety officials as the obama administration brokes the preach that allowed a an attack...
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states. jim, you're chomping at the bit. >> i would connect two of those, obama and fort hood. i think that the obama administration's response or lack of response to the fort hood shooting and all the discoveries we've made about muslim jihadist infiltration into the united states is going to prove to be the biggest story of 2009 and frankly, obama's term in office. >> jon: judy. >> i think that the phenomenon of home grown radicalization will be certainly the national security story of 2009. i have to agree with you, jim. >> jon: all right. you're jumping a little bit ahead of us because we're going to get into that. ellis, your take on president obama and his year just completed. >> well, it reminds you that a really huge story one year can produce an almost as huge story the second year. you know, we're finding this out. it's too soon to have real perspective on it, but you do have to say from the noble to the war issues to the health care issue all of that goes back to january 2 and back
states. jim, you're chomping at the bit. >> i would connect two of those, obama and fort hood. i think that the obama administration's response or lack of response to the fort hood shooting and all the discoveries we've made about muslim jihadist infiltration into the united states is going to prove to be the biggest story of 2009 and frankly, obama's term in office. >> jon: judy. >> i think that the phenomenon of home grown radicalization will be certainly the national...
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a record every single call in the united states. that is obviously counterproductive. that puts more hay on the stack when what we need as you said, is to have less say on the staff to find the needle within. we need to strike the right balance is seems to me. we can do that but we can have perfectly good and we can have perfect liberty in the age of terror. >> does an extremely important point that clark is made. at how much security, as you phrase, clark, how much is our security improved at the price of come in what you elaborate on the price of personal liberties. we can expand that way of thinking about any kind of counterterrorist measure, and say how much security do we want at the price, it might be privacy, it might be personal liberty, it might be the convenience of the traveling public. at my be monetary cost. and often is monetary cost. it might be cost in blood and treasure for military operations overseas, as in afghanistan. the question ought to be asked in each one of these endeavors if it is being conducted in the n
a record every single call in the united states. that is obviously counterproductive. that puts more hay on the stack when what we need as you said, is to have less say on the staff to find the needle within. we need to strike the right balance is seems to me. we can do that but we can have perfectly good and we can have perfect liberty in the age of terror. >> does an extremely important point that clark is made. at how much security, as you phrase, clark, how much is our security...
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i talked about the lack of trust between the united states and pakistan. built very well on that 12-year gap. which we are renew sog we are 4 to 5 years back into establishing working to establish that trust. >> we have got a relationship with iraq that goes back about 6 years now. to 2003. as we look for a long-term relationship, with iraq. when i am in afghanistan. i get the same question asked as when i am in pakistan. will you leave us again? they remember very well that we have in the past, and so, there is a trust issue there. there is uncertainty. through afghanistan -- and afghanistan's eyes as to whether or not we will stay. and so there is a trust problem there. and a relationship building requirement there as well. and when i come back it iran, we will not have had a relationship with iran since 1979. so, building that kind of a relationship, and what is that mean? and i speak to the difficulty of the other relationships and look at what 30 years potentially can do. so there is a awful lot of both concern and potential. and i think focus that wi
i talked about the lack of trust between the united states and pakistan. built very well on that 12-year gap. which we are renew sog we are 4 to 5 years back into establishing working to establish that trust. >> we have got a relationship with iraq that goes back about 6 years now. to 2003. as we look for a long-term relationship, with iraq. when i am in afghanistan. i get the same question asked as when i am in pakistan. will you leave us again? they remember very well that we have in...
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means to the united states. they ignore these larger issues of productivity. they don't think of immigrants as producers and consumers and our economy. they ignore issues of entrepreneurship, issues of job creation in sort of play fast and loose with this issue about how to treat their children which all of our children are initially very costly that the investments we make in our children are investments that pay off and huge waves moving forward, so again you have to take the think the longer view on these issues rather than a simplistic snapshots. you also can't simplify this issue of unemployment that we are facing today. workers in our economy are not simply cogs in some sort of giant machine. they are not interchangeable in that kind of way. they have very different skills sets. they live in different regions. they are different ages and have different levels of experience in different places in their careers, so the problems that the unemployed worker in detroit whether it is a welder or an autoworker, th
means to the united states. they ignore these larger issues of productivity. they don't think of immigrants as producers and consumers and our economy. they ignore issues of entrepreneurship, issues of job creation in sort of play fast and loose with this issue about how to treat their children which all of our children are initially very costly that the investments we make in our children are investments that pay off and huge waves moving forward, so again you have to take the think the longer...
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the highest income county in the united states in terms of african-american wealth. over 50% of mortgage loans in prince georges county were subprime mortgages. and from my work in the field i started out as a fair lending advocate, i ran the toledo faire fair lending lawsuits than any other fair housing or civil rights agency in the country, and what we would see over and over and over again where lenders who were not willing to go into underserved markets even if we were talking about more affluent african-american and/or latino markets with their prime, sort of plain vanilla products. in fact, i can remember going through we used to be able to purchase pace data in ohio which it's similar to core logic data. and we could look at every single address. it would provide the interest rate and who the financeier was for that particular mortgage. i'd sit down with mainstream lenders and say, look, this person has a loan at beneficial. 18%, 25%. go to that person and refinance, refinance them. there's your mortgage. they refused to do it. but surprisingly, they would whe
the highest income county in the united states in terms of african-american wealth. over 50% of mortgage loans in prince georges county were subprime mortgages. and from my work in the field i started out as a fair lending advocate, i ran the toledo faire fair lending lawsuits than any other fair housing or civil rights agency in the country, and what we would see over and over and over again where lenders who were not willing to go into underserved markets even if we were talking about more...
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and still we managed to t a majority in the unit states senate. i think that ss there is momeum building behind the idea we have goto deal with the debt threat fang this cotry. >> woodruff: sator greg, what do you y to members of your own par who voted against thisecause they said it would havlikely led to a x increase. >> i say you have to havmore confidence in our membship. i mean 8 of the members apinted from the congress are going toe republican membs. they were ing to be appoind by senator mcconnell e republican leader here in the senate and four byouse member boeer, the republican lead er in t house. i'm sure they wodn't put people on thisommission who would underme the basic republican phisophy and how you approachax policy just like i don't expect eaker pelosi or speaker reed tdo at in the area of, say, social security. that's why this commission would have been succesul because you would have h pele at the table first who understand t issues which is very important and whoave a commitment to doing sothing about the issues but also wh carr
and still we managed to t a majority in the unit states senate. i think that ss there is momeum building behind the idea we have goto deal with the debt threat fang this cotry. >> woodruff: sator greg, what do you y to members of your own par who voted against thisecause they said it would havlikely led to a x increase. >> i say you have to havmore confidence in our membship. i mean 8 of the members apinted from the congress are going toe republican membs. they were ing to be...
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and real power than ever beforeso what leverage do we he in. >> carly the united states and china are two majo powers in the world. we have a range of interests mual interests in economy and security, a range of things. we talk about the things. thisnother part of the relationship. and there isn't one quk swer to that. but we are going to contue to engage with them on issu that are important to us, issues where we have differences. anthis is for us part of what mean-- it means to be a stle society in the longerm. soal stability means also ability of people toperate commercially to have acces to information. it also means in se cases that people dissent fr government policies d they makehose views known. >> reporter: is it possible to linan issue like this other issues, for example, make it a rt of a trade issue, technology limit its on technologtransfers, how do you think about, agai this goes to the lerage question, how do y think out what we have to link to get their atttion on someing like this? >> well, carly we have gottenheir attention. but i think there are a range of ws to loo
and real power than ever beforeso what leverage do we he in. >> carly the united states and china are two majo powers in the world. we have a range of interests mual interests in economy and security, a range of things. we talk about the things. thisnother part of the relationship. and there isn't one quk swer to that. but we are going to contue to engage with them on issu that are important to us, issues where we have differences. anthis is for us part of what mean-- it means to be a...
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. >> we are five days away from fundamentally transforming the united states of america. >> the problem with the constitution -- right? yeah. didn't go for the redistribution of wealth. crazy constitution without that! >> one of the i think the tragedies of the civil rights movement was because the civil rights movement because so court-focussed, i think that there was a tendency to lose track of the political and community organizing and activities on the ground that are able to put together the actual coalitions of power through which you bring about redistributed change. >> glenn: you at seiu, your agendas, might -- yeah, i love that. >> your agenda has been my agenda in the united states senate. before debating healthcare. i talked to andy stern in seiu members. >> glenn: i feel like in the last year i spent my whole life representing your agenda, america's agenda. can you believe it's been a year? >>> up next, want to play a game? still ahead, the most talked about moments ever on the show. can you guess which one that was? when glenn beck's new year's countdown returns. ♪ ♪ >>
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i saw a review of a message to win out in the united states army yesterday. we have to move fast and it is is the requirement. >> thank the gentleman. dr. snyder. >> thank you, mr. chairman. secretary west and admiral gouarec it's great to see you again. you've been great public servants through the many years. i want to ask this issue that has come up in the discussions about the fact we have an annex which i did go and look at in this discussion. i think this is going to be a frustrating experience trying to figure out where to go for the american people and policy makers if we have this dichotomy between the discussion here, kind of generalities' versus talking about a specific case, and i need to understand by the way that is not a classified document it is official use only. it is one thing if we had in that room the criminal case filed, the interrogation, whatever is there. but in fact what you are conducting is an administrative proceeding based on the records in the military in order to problem solve and it's not clear to me why the american people ar
i saw a review of a message to win out in the united states army yesterday. we have to move fast and it is is the requirement. >> thank the gentleman. dr. snyder. >> thank you, mr. chairman. secretary west and admiral gouarec it's great to see you again. you've been great public servants through the many years. i want to ask this issue that has come up in the discussions about the fact we have an annex which i did go and look at in this discussion. i think this is going to be a...
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people, in many states in the united states today, there are more registered independents, or unenrolled or states have different names for them, who are not affiliated with either party. and i think there are more people, i'm not only person who is fed up with the high level of partisanship. and, i think, you know there have already been independents elected governors in some states. some local communities are getting rid of party designations for, races for mayor and city council. so i think we may see, slowly perhaps, a rise of the independent politically. >> thank you. >> hi, my name is alisandro and from washington jefferson college. you already answered two of my questions but i was wondering since barack obama already tried to enhance the role of the congress by leting them do what they're supposed to do, do you think that he will continue this encouragement and have them keep doing what they're supposed to do? or do you think that the criticism of what he tried to do will maybe, stop him in the future from allowing that role of congress to stay? >> well, you know, it is not up to
people, in many states in the united states today, there are more registered independents, or unenrolled or states have different names for them, who are not affiliated with either party. and i think there are more people, i'm not only person who is fed up with the high level of partisanship. and, i think, you know there have already been independents elected governors in some states. some local communities are getting rid of party designations for, races for mayor and city council. so i think...
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and going after the armyor working with the united states. now the new leader masoud far more brutal ifne can imagine that thehaki mullah is vigorously anti-shi'a which is why under cki mew la. pakistan talib have gone afr these anti- -- these shi'a, vehemtly antihi'a. >> suarez:et's talk more about the brutality. cause now there seems to be an appetite, a willingneson the part of the taliban in pakisn to target and kill large numbers of civilians. shi'a as y mentioned but also the generalun of humanity in maetplaces. >>ut it's not new. th is the interesting thing. suicide bombings have be aroundn pakistan for a ile. what iinteresting about the pakiani taliban is that we always focus othe so-cled pash tune elements in the tribal areas, whais less appreciated ithey ve strong ties in the southern punjab and its there at the anti-shi'a militiasave been very robust it is not new, they have been there sincthe late 70searly 80ss and they were really pioers of these mass murders. largely with their anti-shi'a objective. and so what you have seen is
and going after the armyor working with the united states. now the new leader masoud far more brutal ifne can imagine that thehaki mullah is vigorously anti-shi'a which is why under cki mew la. pakistan talib have gone afr these anti- -- these shi'a, vehemtly antihi'a. >> suarez:et's talk more about the brutality. cause now there seems to be an appetite, a willingneson the part of the taliban in pakisn to target and kill large numbers of civilians. shi'a as y mentioned but also the...
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states. the tsa has a new policy that will go into effect in about 11 minutes. midnight, passengers flying in from 14 countries, mostly in the middle east and africa, will be patted down and have their luggage searched. all international travelers will see an increase in toes random screention as well, including the use of those controversial body scan machines. >>> we're following the developing story as well. related to air travel, a security breach shut down one of newark's airport terminals tonight. agents are looking for a man who entered the terminal without going through a security checkpoint there. the terminal stopped all take-offs and delayed landings as well, wch stranded thousands. you're looking at pictures that passengers posted on twitter. all of the passengers from the secured section have to be rescreened. that's causing massive delays and those delays are expected to continue for a while as well. >>> still ahead on the broadcast, two young sisters have bee missing for nearly
states. the tsa has a new policy that will go into effect in about 11 minutes. midnight, passengers flying in from 14 countries, mostly in the middle east and africa, will be patted down and have their luggage searched. all international travelers will see an increase in toes random screention as well, including the use of those controversial body scan machines. >>> we're following the developing story as well. related to air travel, a security breach shut down one of newark's airport...
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one of the needs here in the united states is making sure people have the ability to access information about their loved ones and their family members that may be in haiti. we've set up a saint hot line at 888-407-4747. so americans can call into that number and enquire about family members in haiti. in terms of needs in haiti, they are what you expect. in the first 72 hours it is urban search and rescue, clear debris and try to identify individuals we think we can save and lives we can save. beyond that had will be significant health needs, water and sanitation needs, and we're working on plans to make sure food is available and accessible in safe and secure virmtz. and we're also keeping our eye on a security situation and a number of other sectors where we'll be very focused as this unfolds in the coming days and weeks. >> lehrer: dr. shah, thank you very much. >> thank you, jim. >> lehrer: and still to come on the newshour: tough questions about the financial crisis; and google threatens to leave china. >> ifill: that follows the other news of the day. here's hari sreenivasan in ou
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but i want to bring this to the united states. i want to bring these jobs -- and this not about money for me. this is about creating jobs. i can feel for that gentleman that wants to work. he should have a right to work. god bless him. >> let me respond -- first of all -- >> is there any -- is there any federal programs that can help me -- i just want to borrow the money to create this factory and create these jobs. >> well, obviously i don't know about the particular situation so i'll just speak generally to it. and if you want to get one of my team your card, then maybe they can follow up with you. but one of the things that we've done -- or one of the things that we've seen coming out of the financial crisis is that banks are still not lending to small businesses enough. the mayor and i talked about this. the business owners that i talked to will confirm this. and if you ask why -- if you ask the banks why, they'll say, well, it's a combination of, in some cases, demand really is down; businesses don't have as many customers as
but i want to bring this to the united states. i want to bring these jobs -- and this not about money for me. this is about creating jobs. i can feel for that gentleman that wants to work. he should have a right to work. god bless him. >> let me respond -- first of all -- >> is there any -- is there any federal programs that can help me -- i just want to borrow the money to create this factory and create these jobs. >> well, obviously i don't know about the particular...
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army base on united states soil. the army major edell hasan was an active duty army psychiatrist as of today his be in charge an article cxviii of the uniform code of military justice and with 13 counts of murder under article lxxx of the same uniform code with 32 counts of attempted premeditated murder. i am troubled by the fact that over a period some of the circumstances have led to the shooting or the results of military officers not following existing policies and procedures. specifically there are numerous stories in the press, npr, ap, msnbc, cnn and fox news and others that the alleged shooters raiders in senior raiders failed to document negative information in his official record. we have questions, why did it happen, could it have been prevented, was the response adequate and more importantly to ensure that everything possible is done that this does not happen again. several task force and panels examining these very questions. today we hear from the first of these groups to issue a report. the independent
army base on united states soil. the army major edell hasan was an active duty army psychiatrist as of today his be in charge an article cxviii of the uniform code of military justice and with 13 counts of murder under article lxxx of the same uniform code with 32 counts of attempted premeditated murder. i am troubled by the fact that over a period some of the circumstances have led to the shooting or the results of military officers not following existing policies and procedures. specifically...
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god bless e united states america. thank you, evebody. (applause) >>oodruff: now, more on the present's appearance before house republicans-- someonwho was there foit all, texas reesentative jeb hensarling. congressman hearling, than for being with us and for standing outn the cold. what did you te away from this usual session? well, you're right, judy, it was an unual session. sten, the president deserves great credit for acceing our invitation. i'm glad that he didt. i'm hoping something goo ll come out of it. we've never en any kind of outreach from speakepelosi to aempt to work on a bipartisan basis. i hope wsee one out of the president. there are some areas maybe we can work on. bui got to tell you, the american peoe want accotability in government. anregardless of whether you are a republican or democrat today i think was at least a chapter i accountability. i mean things like the louisiana puhase and the cornhusker kickback, pple want to e some accountabity. they saw itoday. >> woouff: you asked him a question about the budget 's g
god bless e united states america. thank you, evebody. (applause) >>oodruff: now, more on the present's appearance before house republicans-- someonwho was there foit all, texas reesentative jeb hensarling. congressman hearling, than for being with us and for standing outn the cold. what did you te away from this usual session? well, you're right, judy, it was an unual session. sten, the president deserves great credit for acceing our invitation. i'm glad that he didt. i'm hoping...
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i know there's a lot of people in the united states military. though we have really good technology in this country, technology that's being used by the private sector. you know, i don't know if these reports are scanned. i don't know if they are entered on a computer. i don't know someone can use of computing and some of these new techniques to do searches. we failed again on the almost herbal tragedy and christmas day because of a misspelling of a name another things that failed in the way we process, gather and evaluate intelligence. and one thing i want to commend to you when you're further discussions with the secretary is if you do establish one of these units is talking to the people in the private sector who developed this wonderful technology and see if it might be innate for helping keep our servicemen and women safe. >> may i comment? so we say in the report that we've been having arguments about who owns what pieces of information. we've been having those discussions long enough you it's time to move on. and so, without defining what
i know there's a lot of people in the united states military. though we have really good technology in this country, technology that's being used by the private sector. you know, i don't know if these reports are scanned. i don't know if they are entered on a computer. i don't know someone can use of computing and some of these new techniques to do searches. we failed again on the almost herbal tragedy and christmas day because of a misspelling of a name another things that failed in the way we...
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. >> the people of haiti will ve e full support of the united states in the gent effort to rescue tho trapped beneath the rubble ando deliver the humanitarian relief-- the od, water and medine-- that haitia will need in the coming days. >> warner: wh the chaos in haiti, and the u. peacekeeping operation there t of mmission for now, the job of coordinating the masve international respon to the tragedy s fallen t washington. the u.s. isn't functiong as a gatekeep, but definitely as a clearinghouse. the u.s. is mounting the bigst effort so fa headed byajiv shah, e administrator for the u.s. agency for inrnational development. shah told reporters toy that the immediate fos is on saving lis, and preparing for longer term relief. >> we have two urb search and rescue units on their way, bh are units th 72 individuals, people who have siificant training and experse for rescue in urban settin drill through, car as much as is possible rube to identify who can continue with the missioof saving lives. >>arner: the u.s. military is heavily involved as well. general douglafraser, he of e u.s. south
. >> the people of haiti will ve e full support of the united states in the gent effort to rescue tho trapped beneath the rubble ando deliver the humanitarian relief-- the od, water and medine-- that haitia will need in the coming days. >> warner: wh the chaos in haiti, and the u. peacekeeping operation there t of mmission for now, the job of coordinating the masve international respon to the tragedy s fallen t washington. the u.s. isn't functiong as a gatekeep, but definitely as a...
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. >>> new rules for flights entering the united states. it includes body scans, pat downs and random screenings for u.s. bound international passengers. tsa says anyone traveling nations regarded as state sponsors of terrorism and other countries of interest will be subjected to enhanced screening. cube airan, superdelegate dan on the list as are nigeria, yemen, pakistan. those new rules took engineer as an airport emerged from security lockdown. >>> an overseas terror threat shut down some western embassies. >>> and the big chill could make it more dangerous for those prone to heart attacks. 9 after the hour. watching 9 news knew. >>> owners of a motel in the keys led police to one of "america's most wanted." officers caught up to paul mirage over the weekend, charged with killing his twin sister and three others in florida after thanksgiving dinner. >>> no word on when the u.s. and british embassies in yemen will reopen. they were locked up sunday after fresh threats from al- qaeda. tomorrow, president obama is scheduled to meet with top
. >>> new rules for flights entering the united states. it includes body scans, pat downs and random screenings for u.s. bound international passengers. tsa says anyone traveling nations regarded as state sponsors of terrorism and other countries of interest will be subjected to enhanced screening. cube airan, superdelegate dan on the list as are nigeria, yemen, pakistan. those new rules took engineer as an airport emerged from security lockdown. >>> an overseas terror threat...
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the great ws here is that the esident of the united states is down in the weeds trying to make ibetter. i sh i had that when i was serving. but i think thscary news today is thial quite in the arabiapeninsula has her people like this guy. >>ehrer: a lone guy, we han't heard that much about. >> yeah, they have other what we call clean skins, people who we have no idea thathey are involved. soheir names are not in the database. aqap, parently, has more of these people. they are not necessari arabs. and th are still trying to atck the west outside of yemen. that's t big news. ishat this is an ongoing threat. so we have to make the system better very quickly. >> lehrer: in a word congresswoman eshoand ngressman olson, do you share mr. clarke's scareine here? >> well, this is- the most serious ofituations becae we're talking about our national secity. but whatever needs to be donei believe that we have t only the capacity, we have the intelligence, we have t genius and we have the will. it wilnever be perfect but we c certainly improve upon it. and i think what the president has called for
the great ws here is that the esident of the united states is down in the weeds trying to make ibetter. i sh i had that when i was serving. but i think thscary news today is thial quite in the arabiapeninsula has her people like this guy. >>ehrer: a lone guy, we han't heard that much about. >> yeah, they have other what we call clean skins, people who we have no idea thathey are involved. soheir names are not in the database. aqap, parently, has more of these people. they are not...